I'm a Libertarian living in Humboldt County, CA. I've lived here in Eureka since 1973 and joined the Libertarian Party in 1992. This blog will mostly focus on local political issues, but I may stray into state and national issues as well, when I can't help myself. Please post your comments by clicking on the "comments" link at the bottom of each post. Although I do moderate comments, you need not be a registered user to post them.

Wednesday, April 01, 2015

Hoosiers

A guy mentioned hoosiers in the comments the other day. That's the common term for folks living in Indiana. I asked him if he knew where the term came from. Apparently not. At least he hasn't answered yet. Makes me wonder what it means, though. Do people in Indiana eat a lot of hoose? Do they go hoosing a lot? No way of knowing since the first definition I found for hoose doesn't make much sense.Wikipedia doesn't help much, either. It just says the origin of the word remains disputed, with only a mention of some poem to point to. Strange having a name that no one can say what it means.